Mount Airy station

Mount Airy station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect.^[3] The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form lists the architect as unknown, but notes the similarities to the nearby Gravers station which was designed by Furness. Both stations display an aggressively styled roofline in the Queen Anne Stick Style. The Mount Airy station's roof is described as "combining hipped, gabled, jerkinhead designs with a double splayed profile" and the Graver's Lane Station might be considered even more aggressive.^[4]

Mount Airy
General information
Location	119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1875
Electrified	February 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station Wyndmoor toward Chestnut Hill East Chestnut Hill East Line Sedgwick toward 30th Street Station
Former services Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Mermaid toward Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill Branch Sedgwick toward Philadelphia
Mt. Airy Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	East Gowen Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W
Built	1875
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	77001186
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1977[2]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 9.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 193 boardings and 159 alightings on an average weekday.^[5]

A used book store formerly occupied much of the station building.^[6]

References

1. "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
3. Mount Airy Station data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
4. Cohen, Madeline L. "Mt. Airy Station, Reading Railroad" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
5. "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
6. Ubinas, Helen (August 16, 2014). "A beloved bookstore lives on". www.philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

External links

• Media related to Mount Airy station at Wikimedia Commons
• SEPTA – Mount Airy station
• Older and 2005 Mount Airy RDG Station images
• Gowen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View

• Philadelphia portal